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I have had AOL service for a good long time and am finding it harder and harder to pay for the crappy service I get. Locally I have 3 dial up number to get online and got a message today from aol that they are suspending 2 of the numbers.
My question is this, does anyone here have Road Runner Hi Speed and if you do, how would you rate its' service?
Road Runner is approx 2 times the cost but if it does what they say it does it may be worth it.

They are basically a heartless entity. They are a shell of a company whose only function is to collect your money and give you just enough service .... to keep you on board with them.

And since they are basically the ONLY gane in town, so to speak, they have a monopoly.
Another word for it is ... they hold all the cookies! They have no competition. And they know this very .... very well.

I dont like big government. And I dont like big corperations! And I especially do NOT like it when the little ISP cannot possibly compete in this market today.

Cause unless you are situated in a special area where someone has established wireless Internet or satelite Internet ... or unless you live within so many feet of a Central Office which has the DSLAM installed to provide DSL Internet service ... you are at the mercy of "A-HOLE" and others like "Time-Wiener".

A long time ago ... now it seems, one of the funny things about being "wired" was this question that was asked of those who were online and addicted.

"Do you know your ISP personell on a first name basis?" "And they you?"

Of course my answer was YES!

I could drop in on them anytime! They knew who I was when I phoned for questions.

In a perfect scenario, you would be able to choose any whore; referring to time or a-hole ... who was a cable, or wireless provider ... to be the wires connection for your choice of an ISP.

The time or a-hole would only provide the means for which the ISP of YOUR CHOICE would use in order to get you connected to the Internet.

It would be like ... anybody could be the road, but the car you chose to drive could be from ANY manufacturer you chose to sign up thru!

But of course, we dont live in a perfect world.

And before too much longer, there wont be any more small town ISP's or small town anythings left.

The Time-Weiner, A-Hole, Wal-Mart's will have broken the backs of all the competition!

Yeh, I'm on Timer-Wiener "Road Runner" service.
Is it fast? I'd NEVER EVER go backwards and use dial up again! That's for sure!!!

But if there were any other way of connecting and NOT using time ... or a-hole ... or one of the several other "whores" who kill, mame or destroy free enterprise ...I most certainly would! Even at DOUBLE the monthly service price!!!

I feel about time-wiener and a-hole the way Dave feels about joining the union.
I feel about them the same way a Southerner feels about joining The Union.

I feel about it like how Dave feels about Doolin's Trouble Shooter's Bible!

I look at these guys as any good competent refrigeration man feels about someone who uses Dy-Tel or Thaw-Zone.

I think of them the way the EPA views ventors.

I think of them the same way that Hussman Engineering feels about seasoned market men. (disdain)
I feel about them the way seasoned market men feel about "Hussman Engineering".

......."Hussman Engineering" ... now THERE is an oxy-Moron for you!!!

Kinda like someone showing up at the market your having trouble with and saying; "Hi, I'm from Hussman Engineering. I'm here to help you!"

I was a dial up victim for about 2 years. I then found DSL and would never ever go back to that dial up. I hate going to relatives houses and they have dial up. Most of them now are on cable or DSL. I have one last relative who is on dial up and there is no chance for him since it is not availible in his area or else he would.

AOHell SUCKS!!!

Been online since 92. Did dialup for my first 7 years on the net. The last 5 have been on cable. One click and Im online instantly, no waiting for dial up and getting pissed because of busy signals. Plus AOHell has no local toll free numbers for me, I had to get a special plan or pay out the wazoo to be online.

Think about it, your paying $20 to AOHell, plus a phone line which is another $10 or $20 a month. Cable or DSL is around $40 a month with much better service. I cant ever imagine doing dialup again.